Oscar nominations for best picture - Shocked that Blind Side was nominated (films, comedy)

[BU191433]

I am in utter and complete shock that Blind side was nominated. All the other 9 IMo are worthy, but Blind side I'm shocked that it was even a contender to get 1 vote


'Avatar,' 'The Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominations - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100202/ap_on_en_mo/us_oscars - broken link)

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – The science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow.

For the first time the Oscars feature 10 best-picture contenders instead of the usual five.

Also nominated for best-picture Tuesday: "District 9"; the animated comedy "Up"; the World War II saga "Inglourious Basterds"; the football drama "The Blind Side"; the recession tale "Up in The Air," the 1960s drama "A Serious Man," and the teen tales "An Education," and "Precious."

[BU191433]

The interesting debate would be if they only could nominate 5 films (like every year since 1947) what would be the five

Hurt Locker
Avatar
Up in the Air
Inglourious Basterds
Feel very confident about those 4

Tough picking the 5th. I would guess Precious - but that is a tough call

[Sudcaro]

I'm not at all surprised by the nomination of The blind side. This film got very good criticism and many people said they loved it.

[skel1977]

The Blind Side is a great movie. Im not shocked. Why are people shocked when uplifting movies get nominated.

[BU191433]

Originally Posted by skel1977

The Blind Side is a great movie. Im not shocked. Why are people shocked when uplifting movies get nominated.

Has nothing to do with whether it is uplifting. I just didn't think it was very well done - I haven't seen a movie that I've rolled my eyes that often in many a year. The writing wasn't good. The subject matter was great, but they made IMO a poor movie from great source material

[chilaili]

I thought it was really good and such a departure for Sandra Bullock. Not the same slapstick romcom garbage that she usually gives us.

[BU191433]

Originally Posted by chilaili

I thought it was really good and such a departure for Sandra Bullock. Not the same slapstick romcom garbage that she usually gives us.

I thought she was much better in Crash

[annika08]

Definitely The Hurt Locker and District 9

[DewDropInn]

And here we all are talking about it.

Mission Accomplished for the Academy.

[gater9383]

Originally Posted by BU191433

I am in utter and complete shock that Blind side was nominated. All the other 9 IMo are worthy, but Blind side I'm shocked that it was even a contender to get 1 vote


Also nominated for best-picture Tuesday: "District 9"; the animated comedy "Up"; the World War II saga "Inglourious Basterds"; the football drama "The Blind Side"; the recession tale "Up in The Air," the 1960s drama "A Serious Man," and the teen tales "An Education," and "Precious."

District 9
The Blind Side
A Serious Man
Precious
Up in the Air
All movies are awesome and fantastic. I loved these movies.
According to me the other word for these movies is Outstanding. Trust me, these movies really worth nomination in Oscar.